I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath.

Your birthday is the vintage of your wine; the mark that warns you of your future.

A person's true nature will reveal itself despite disguise.

While I see many hoof marks going in, I see none coming out. It is easier to get into the enemy's toils than out again.

It pays to be prepared.

There was once a Bald Man who sat down after work on a hot summer's day. A Fly came up and kept buzzing about his bald pate, and stinging him from time to time. The Man aimed a blow at his little enemy, but — whack — his palm came on his head instead; again the Fly tormented him, but this time the Man was wiser and said: YOU WILL ONLY INJURE YOURSELF IF YOU TAKE NOTICE OF DISPICABLE ENEMIES.

Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.